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How to pronounce stone
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What does stone mean?
nounA hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
“Toad, that vnder cold ſtone, / Dayes and Nights ha’s thirty one: / Sweltred Venom ſleeping got, / Boyle thou firſt i’th’ charmed pot.”
A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
adjConstructed of stone.
Having the appearance of stone.
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
advAs a stone (used with following adjective).
“My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.”
Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
“I went stone crazy after she left.”
verbTo pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
“stoned to death”
To wall or wall up with stones.
To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
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